According to MSN, Lady Gaga made an appearance on the stage in Australia Wednesday which stunned fans when she appeared in a wheelchair, showing a surprising lack of sensitivity to people with disabilities.
She was later pelted with eggs as she left a later concert, it was unclear whether the wheelchair performance and egg pelting were connected, but her appearance in performing "You and I" while dressed in a mermaid costume and being wheeled across the stage has been greeted with a great deal of criticism in the disabled community.
In a conversation I had with a disability advocate in Dallas, the appearance of the performer in a wheelchair was described as having a stunning lack of empathy. A spokeman for the Life Rolls on Foundation, has urged Gaga to attend a conference and learn more sensitivity about disability issues. Life Rolls On is a subsidiary of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
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